Label-holder for railroad-cars.



No. 646,600. Patanfed Apr. 3, I900. T. W. GEARY.

LABEL HOLDER FOR RAILROAD CARS.

(Application filed Jan. 10, .1900.)

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THOMAS WILLIAM GEARY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LABEL-HOLDER FOR RAILROAD-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,600, dated April 3, 1900.

Application filed January 10, 1900. Serial No. 926. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WILLIAM GEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, haveinv'ented new and useful Improvements in Label- Holders for Railroad-Cars, of'which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders for address cards or labels upon railroad-cars in which the card may be readily I inserted or withdrawn; and the objects of my improvements are to provide a substantial means of securing the holder to the railroadcar, to construct a holder which may be conveniently opened, and to provide a holder which will prevent the card from being torn or destroyed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the card-holder attached to the door of a railroad-car; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional View showing the card or tag clamped in the same 5 Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the outer casing or cover opened and the card removed. Fig. 4 is a detached sectional view of the outer casing or cover. Fig. 5 is a detached sectional view of the bracket, and Fig. 6 is a rear view of, the card-holder.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bracket which is secured to the door of a freight-car or any other desired place by means of screws passing through holes in the projections a. The outer face a/ of the bracket is raised by means of the side pieces a sufficiently from the surface of the car-door to permit the cover to be operated. The bracket A is provided on its inner side with projections a having holes a, through which passes a rod B, on which is pivoted the cover 0. The cover 0 has an opening 0' in its outer face, through which the card is Visible. Said cover has projecting side pieces c,which protect the card from the weather and form a suitable means for engaging the rod B, the ends of which project through the side pieces 0 and are bolted or riveted and tend to hold the cover 0 in its proper place. Said cover has a cross-bar 0 extending between the side pieces 0, against which presses one end of a spring D, carried by the rod B. The other end of said spring acts against the plate a of the bracket A and'tends to keep the cover tightly closed against said bracket, and thus securely clamp the card E between the same, as shown in Fig. 2.

A projection O on the cover 0 is used as a handle, and in the operation of the device by pressing said handle the cover will turn upon the rod B and allow the opposite end of the cover to open sufficiently to permit the card to be inserted or removed.-

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, in a device for holding cards, of a herein-described bracket having a raised surface against which is clamped the card, a cover having side plates 0 adapted to swing horizontally on the rod B and clamp the card against said bracket, a handle 0 on said cover, projections a for fastening said bracket to the car and a cross-bar 0 carried by the cover which acts as a stop and against which a spring D presses tending to keep the cover closed tightly against the bracket A, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS WILLIAM GEARY.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. MoOULLY, HARRY F. FELTY. 

